She didn’t deny she taped the boy’s mouth shut, but says it was done in a “playful act.”

Still, the boy is scared because Tuesday morning he’s going to see her in class.

He is a special needs boy, but don’t think for one second Augustine Reynoso doesn’t feel pain.

And a painful memory is all the 16-year-old with cerebral palsy has of school on September 24th.

"Dolores put the tape on me and then...” he said.

Asked where she put it, Reynoso responds, “On my mouth. On my mouth. And then I didn't know what to do.”

Dolores is Dolores Lopez, a teacher’s aide at Rio Grande High School where Reynoso is a junior.

APS place Lopez on leave for three weeks, one week without pay, as it investigated the allegations.

An eyewitness tells KOB, Reynoso was making animal noises in class.

He was told to stop, but didn’t.

Lopez then "got out the scotch tape and ripped off four pieces of the tape. She applied the tape from under the nose to the bottom of his chin. “Auggie” was moving his head back and forth asking her not to put it on."

Reynoso says he felt “sad” and “scared” when the tape was placed over his mouth.